Faucet-bung.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

D. BEEBB.

FAUGET BUNG.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14,1906.

M INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FAUCET-BUNGu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed June 14,1905. Serial No. 265,193.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DILLON BEEBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucet-Brings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide for liquor-packages, such as ale and beer packages, an improved faucet-bung, to obtain in such bung a single valve which shall perform the functions of a double valve, to secure a valve which can be recessed or countersunk to receive the means for mounting the said valve, to reduce the liability of injury or damage to the valve by blows and the like, to secure simplicity of construction and at the same time obtain great efliciency of action, to save labor and cost in manufacture, and to obtain. other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved faucet-bung and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several fig ures, Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of my improved bung with a faucet shown as about to be applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an outer end view of the bung, and Fig, 3 is a view of the inner end of the bung with respect to the package. Fig. 4 is a view of the inner face of the valve. Fig. 5 is an ed e view of the same, and Fig. 6 shows in si e view the stem or bolt upon which said valve is mounted.

In said drawings, 2 indicates the body portion of my improved faucet-bung, which body is in general of the usual cylindrical form with exterior threads 3 for mounting it in the package and a fiange4 to engage the outer surface of the package around the bunghole and limit insertion of the bung. The inner end of said bung-body 2 is cupped or recessed, asat 5, coni cal ly and adapted to re ceive the correspondingly-shaped face 6 of the valve 7 the opposite face of said valve being outwardly rounded, as, at 8, so thatv a lenticular form is secured. This provides a valve which, roughly speaking, is double con veX or thickest at its middle and whichenables me not only to perforate the valve centrally, as at 9, to receive its holding-bolt 10, but also to centrally recess its face away from the bung body in alinement with said perforation, as atv 11, to receive the nut, 12 upon the said bolt. Furthermore, the valve is very firmly and securely seated in its place by reason of the said construction just described, so that there is little danger ofits being loosened or injured in any way by lateral blows. Especially is this necessary because of the customamongbrewersof taking the heads out of packages in order to air the same. These heads are then laid around on the ground, and inasmuch as the inner end-of the faucet-bung projects it is. ordinarily liable to material injury by sidewise blows, whichtend to loosen theseating of the valve and make it leak. By my improved construction such blows glance off without disturbing the valve. A packing-washer 13 is placed between said nut 12 and the bottom .of the recess 11, and the said recess is deep enough so that the nut and. end of the bolt can becovered by a plug 14 of lead, Babbitt metal, or the like driven into the mouth of the recess. This plug 14 serves. to finish out, or complete the smooth inner surface 8 of the valve 7 and, furthermore, provides at the center of said surface a bearing of more lubricative nature than the body of the valve.

For certain pur.posesas, for instance, in,

ale packagesthe faucet-bung may be used with its inner end, asv above described; but usually I prefer to insure greater efiectiveness by adding thereto an end piece. This end piece 15 incloses the valve 7, having its interior shaped and ground to form an impervious fit with the saidvalve and having its side Walls 17 adapted to engage those IIO however, be employed, so long as the end piece becomes thereby an integral part of the bung-body in operation of the bung. The exterior or outside with respect to the valve 7 of the end piece may be of any suitable or desired form, but is preferably rounded, as shown, to save material and present a smooth inner end of the bung.

The outer end of the bung-body is centrally chambered, as at 20, and half-way, more or less, between the bottom 29 of said chamber and its mouth is an annular peripheral flange 21, which forms a seat for the shoulder 22 of the faucet 23, said shoulder being provided, as usual, with a gasket 24. Beveled lugs 25 on the sides of the said faucet above the shoulder 22 are then adapted to enter bayonetjoint slots 26 in the walls of the chamber 20 and force the said gasket 24 into impervious contact with the flange 21. At the same time the above connection is being made the reduced extremity 27 of the faucet receives an angular head 28 of the valve bolt or stem 10, itbeing understood that said valve-bolt extends through the bottom 29 of the bung-body 2 to carry the said valve. Said bolt or stem 10 has a cylindrical portion 30, reduced from the diameter of its head 28 and adapted. to turn in a central perforation or bearing 31 of the bung-bottom 29. An outer portion of this cylindrical part, which is adapted to project beyond the bung-bottom and be adjacent thereto, is flattened, as at 32, to receive the cor respondingly-shaped perforation 9 in the valve and insure said valve and stem turning together. The extremity 33 of the bolt which lies in the recess 11 of the valve is reduced and threaded, as before stated, to receive the nut 12'.

The bung-body bottom 29 and the end piece 15 have alined apertures or ports 35 and 36, preferably two in number in each part and disposed on diametrically opposite sides of the longitudinal central line of the bung. The valve 7 has two similar ports 37, adapted to either register with the said ports 35 and 36 in the stationary parts 2 and 15 of the bun or else be turned out of coincidence therewith to stop flow. The bung-body and valve are so disposed and arranged in manufacture that when the faucet is applied to the bung its extremity 27 engages the bolt or stem 10 and turns the valve into open position. Free passage for the liquid is then afforded through the ports 36 37 35, chamber 20 of the bung, and lateral holes 38 of the faucet extremity 27, which lead to the usual central duct or passage (not shown) of said faucet. The act of removing the faucet again turns the valve into closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, and imperviously shuts off the flow of liquid.

By my improved construction it will be noted the valve consists of only a single disklike part; but this disk forms at each of its opposite sides a ground fit with corresponding valve-seats of the faucet-bung, so that all the functions of two valves are performed. Great positiveness of action and an absolutely impervious bung are thus secured, and, furthermore, simplicity and ease of manufacture and a reduced cost are attained.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a faucet-bung,a body portion chambered at its outer end to receive a faucet and having at its inner end a valve seat with ports leading therefrom to the said. chamber, a valve upon said seat thickest at its center and having its surface away from the valveseat beveled from the extremity of said center backwardly toward the edges of the valve, said valve having a central perforation enlarged at its end away from the valve-seat, and a valve-stem projecting through the valve-seat into said perforation of the valve, one end of said stem lying in the said chamber of the bung-body and. the other end terminating in the said enlargement of the valve perforation.

2. In a faucet-bung, a body portion chambered at its outer end to receive a faucet and having at its inner end a valve seat with ports leading therefrom to the said chamber, a valve upon said seat thickest at its center and having its surface away from the valveseat beveled from the extremity of said. cen ter backwardly toward the edges of the valve, said valve having a central perforation enlarged at its end away from the valve-seat, a valve-stem projecting through the valveseat into said perforation of the valve, one end of said stem lying in the chamber of the bung-body and the other end terminating in the said enlargement of the valve perforation, and a plug filling the mouth of said enlargement outside said stem flush with the surface of the valve.

3. In a faucet-bung, a body portion chambered at its outer end to receive a faucet and having at its inner end a centrally-hollowed valve-seat with ports leading therefrom to the said chamber, a lenticular valve in said seat having its surface away from said valveseat beveled from the extremity of its center backwardly toward the edges of the valve, said valve having a central perforation enlarged at its end away from the valve-seat, and a valve-stem projecting through the valve-seat into said perforation of the valve, one end of said stem lying in the said chamber of the bung-body and the other end terminating in the said enlargement of the valve perforation.

4. In a faucet-bung, a body portion chambered at its outer end to receive a faucet and having at its inner end a centrally-hollowed valve-seat with ports leading therefrom to the said chamber, a lenticular valve in said seat having its surface away from said valveseat beveled from the extremity of its center backwardly toward the edges of the valve, said valve having a central erforation' enlarged at its end away from the valve-seat, a valve-stem projecting through the valve-seat lnto sald perforation of the valve, one end of said stem lying in the said chamber of the bung-body and the other end terminating in the sald enlargement of the valve perforation, and a plug filling the mouth of said enlargement outside said stem flush with the surface of the valve.

5. In a faucet-bung, a body portion chambered at one end to receive a faucet and havlng at its other end a centrally-hollowed valve-seat and ports connectin said valveseat and chamber, a lenticular va ve upon said seat having ports, an end piece covering and lnclosing said valve and forming therewith a ground joint, said end piece being rigidly fixed to the body portion and having ports, and means for turning said valve to bring its ports into and out of registration With those of the body portion and end piece.

6. In a faucet -bung, the body portion chambered at one end to receive a faucet and having at its other end avalve-seat with ports leading thereto from the chamber, a valvestem projecting through said last-mentioned end of the body portion, a valve upon said stem having ports and opposite ground faces one of which forms an impervious jointure with the said valve-seat of the body portion, and an end iece interiorly ground to fit the other face of said valve and being connected to the body portion to form a fixed I art thereof, said end piece covering and inc osing said valve and stem and having ports in alinement With those of the body portion.

7. In a faucet-bung, a body portion chambered at one end to receive a faucet and having at the other end a valve-seat with ports opening therethrough, an end piece adapted to be permanently secured to the last-mentioned end of the body portion and forming at its interior or side next the body portion a valve seat With ports therein, a valve between said body portion and end iece forming ground joints With the said va ve-seats of said parts, and means for turning said valve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June, 1905.

DILLON BEEBE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUssELL M. EVERETT. 

